Store-front construction



May 20, 1930. H. RUBIN STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 1, 1929 H. RUBIN May 20, 1930.

sToRE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Filed March 1, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 20, 1930 PATENT OFFICE HYMAN RUBIN, OF BOXBUBY, MASSACHUSETTS STORE-FRONT CONSTRUCTION ap lication filed March 1,

This invention aims to provide an improved store front construction and in the illustrative embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a portion of the store front construction embodying the invention-showing various types of joints used therein with portions broken away to g. 7 is a section through a modified form of corner bar. I

In the articular embodiment of the invention se ected for purposes of illustration 2 and shown in the drawings, the present store front construction comprises a frame including a jamb 1 for sup orting'vari'ous panels or glass sections 3 suc as usually compose'a store front. The store front as represented herein is desirably of the type composed of metal frames for holding the glass panels or windows 3, and the first of these frames, one side of which is indicated in section at 5 (Fig. 2), is a window sash; next to the sash section 5' I have shown adivision bar 7 for sealing or closing the space between adjacent sec- I tions of glass or panels; next follows a cor ner bar construction 9; and finally a reverse corner bar construction 11 is shown.

The corner bar construction 9 herein represents a corner of approximately ninety degrees, and consequently the reverse corner ar construction 11' will describe a ninety degree angle, but it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to any specific angle,

as will be clearly obvious. I

The sash 5 preferabl embodies in its construction an inner strip '13 arran ed to fit nicely into a shoulder or seat 15 ormed'in the side jamb 1, said inner strip being de- 1929. Serial 11 348,642.

sirably composed of sheet metal, and bent to form a rear seating wall 17 and a side seating wall 19. The wall member 17 has a forwardly projecting flan e 21 perforated at 22, for ventilation, said ange 21 terminating in a marginal lip'23 against which the window glass section 3 is arranged to seat. The sash section 5 also includes a front strip 6 desirably formed from a separate strip of metal withits outer face shaped to conform with any of the usual forms of moldings, that herein shown being reversely curved and ornamental in appearance as it is the most conspicuous portion of the sash.

One marginal portion of the strip 6 is extended laterally at 25 to form a flange which engages the panel 3 in opposed relation to the flange 23 of the inner strip 13. The other edge" of the strip 6 is bent at 26 to form a flange 27 along which are provided ventilating' perforations 28' and the edge of this flange is bent rearwardly to form a lip 29 which slips behind the wall 19 of the inner strip 13. The wall 19 is slightly offset at 30 sufficiently to provide space for-the lip 29. The front strip 6 may be secured in place in any appropriate manner, as for example by a screw 31 extending through a perforation in the reversely curved wall of said strip" and into the side jamb 1. The inner membersof said strip may also be secured to said jamb, for example by means such for example as a screw 33 passing through the rear wall 17. r Where the store front is quite wide it is often desirableto make the glass thereof in sections for convenience in handling, andin such cases adjoining panels may be secured together by means of a division bar, as indi cated at 7 (Figs. 1 and v2). g

In the present example the division bar comprises an outer strip 35 composed of sheet metal bent longitudinally to form ribs 37 and 38, said ribs being su stantially parallel to each other although not limited thereto. These ribs extend inwardly from said outer stri desirabl to points substantially within t e inner ace of the panels 3 to rovide lateral stiffness to said strip. Said 'vision bar also includes flanges 39 and 40 extending in' 'opposite directions from their respective ribs 37 and 38 but 1 ing substantially in the same plane. The anges 39 and 40 are arranged to engage the outer marginal portions 41 of adjacent panels 3, the ribs 37 and 38 of said bar passing inwardly through a gap 43 formed between said adjacent panels. Between the ribs 37 and 38 and secured rigidly to said division bar is a screw 45having a flat-sided head 47 which is insertedin an' elongated perforation 49 formed centrally of said division bar between the ribs 37 and 38 and said head is securely riveted to said division bar to maintain said screw with its axisa proximately at right angles to the outer ace of said bar or the plane of said flanges 39 and40. The metal of the division ebar 7. surrounding the perforation 49 is slight.-

.lycountersunk to receive the riveted or enlarged metal of the head during theriveting operation, thereby providing a shoulder for hol'din ,said screw andleaving the outer surface 0 the head flush or conforming with the outer face of said bar. Over the outer face of said division bar I desirably provide l a thin sheetof finishing material 51, such for example as copper. which closes the creases v53 formed by the ribs 37 and 38 and gives to the bar a pleasing. appearance or finish, likewise preventing the exposure of the material composing the division bar to the elements I to cause it to rust.

Associated with the outer strip or said division bar? is an inner strip 55, desirablyof channel form, havinga base 57 and side walls 58 which latter terminate at their rims in outwardl bent; flanges 59.- The outer edges of the anges 59 are desirably reversely bent inwardly at 60 to form flanges 61, .which latter terminate, at points in close proximity to the ribs '37 and 38, said flanges and ribs cooperating to position the inner and outer strips relatively toeach other. The flanges 59 and 61 produce double strips or lips which engage the ed es of the panels 3e1pposite the flanges 39 an '40- and by bein ouble providea more rigid and durable arstructure.

. The base 57 of theinner strip is perforated at 63 and throughthis' perforation extends the screw.45. A nut' 65 is arranged in screwthreaded engagement with the screw 45, said nut having a reduced tapered shank 67which fits said perforation, and when the nut 65 is screwed up tightly said tapered shank enters said perforation and centers the inner strip properly with relation tothe outer stri and upon applying suflicientpressure to said nut the flanges .61, 39 and 40, will firmly grip the adjacent edges of the panels 3 and maintain a moisture-tight joint.

The corner ar 9, herembefore referred to,

desirably comprises an outer strip 69, including flanges 71, shown as forming an angle of approximately ninety degrees (although it is not limited thereto) ,andengaging marginal portions of the adjacent panels 3 forming the corner of the store front. A screw 73 similar to the screw 45 of the division bar 7 is arranged in said corner bar with its axis approximately bisecting the angle described by the inner faces of the flanges 71. The head.

of said screw is securedto the outer strip of said corner bar in substantially the same manner as described in connection with the screw 45 of said division bar. An inner strip 75 is provided for said corner bar and desirably comprises a channel-like section 77 having outwardly diverging flanged sides 78 terminating in flan es 79 describing the same angle as that descri ed by the flanges 71 and vention is not limited to corners of ninety de'- 1 grees but may be varied to suit the particular circumstances of the case. p

The reverse corner bar 11 is composed of an outer strip having side flanges 87, herein forming an angle of ninety degrees between the outer faces thereof. A screw 89 is rigidly secured at the intersection of the flanges 87, the stem of said screw extending inwardly for engagementwith an inner strip 91, which latter is of substantially channel form having a base 93 and side members 95 being divergently arranged and provided with offsets 96 which hel to stifl'en said sides and may serve as. shoul ers in a reinforcing bar when such is used, as will be hereinafter desirably terminate in double flanges 97 so angularly disposed with relation to each .other as to conform to the inner marginal faces 99 of adjacent panels 3 and inopposed relation to the flanges 87. of said outer strip.

A. nut l01has screw-threaded engagement with the screw Y89 and is arranged to be turned on said screw to draw the outer strip j .85 and the inner strip 91 toward each'other firmly tofgrip the two panels 3 and maintain the latter in their desired angular relation and form a moisture or rain joint. A v

If desired all ofthe exposed parts or the proof corner '105 stated. The edges of the side members 95 Y various bars,when composed of steel or iron, 7

maybe coveredwith' thin sheet copper'or other suitable finishing material in order to g provide a more pleasing'appearance.

It 1s desirable at times to; provide a reinforcing bar for the various inner strips of the several bars, and an example ,of such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 4, in which 103 is a reinforcing bar used in'connection with a dIVlSlOD bar, substantially similar to that shown at 7 in Fig. 2. Theme of such a reinforcing bar requires little if any change inthe forms of the associated parts except in the case of the inner strip 105,-.which instead of employing angularly disposed 011"- sets in the side members 58, as shown in Fig. 2, is provided with substantially square offsets 107 or, as shown at 96 in Fig. 2, against which the inner edges 109 of the side elements of said bar 103 may seat. .A screw 111 considerably longer than the screw 45 of -the foregoing construction will however be required in order to extend through the base 113 of said reinforcing channel bar, and-a nut 115 is provided to seat against said closed end, and upon being screwed up will cause the member 103, the innerstrip 105 and the outer bar 117 to be firmly drawn together against the marginal portions of the panel 3, and so form a tight moisture-proof joint. In Fig.6 I have shown in a section taken at substantially right angles ,tothat shown in Fig. 2, the'screw' 45 and the elongated slot into which the fiat-sided head 47 of the screw is riveted, clearly indicating that the outer end 46 of the head is finished flush with the outer face of the division bar.

In the previous examples the several bars are shown as composed of body members of sheet steel or other strong material, but these strips are veneered or covered with a finishing material of a more expensive and more durable nature such as copper, thus making the construction slightly less expensive al- ,35 though stronger than would be the case were said reinforcing .bars" composed entirely of copper or similar material. the screws for securing the several sections of the bars together, as hereinbefore described, are completely concealed beneath the finishing material. It is to be understood however that the invention isnot limited to that method employed in the preceding figures, but they may be wholly composed of the more expensivematerial, and in Fig. 7 I have shown a form of corner bar in which the outer strip 119 is similar in form to the strip shownin said Fig. 2'and has a screw 121 formed of like material with a flattened head 123 inserted in a suitably formed perforation 125 in the corner of said angle bar and headed over as shown at 127 so as to conform nicely with the beaded corner of said strip 119.

In Figs. 3 and 5 I have illustrated a slight- 1y different arrangement of sash strips from that shown in Fig. 2. In this case the outer strip 129 corresponding to the part 6 in Fig. 2 is not provided with the marginal flange 29 but terminates by abutting at 131 against the metal coverin 133 of the side jamb- 135, and to prevent t is edge of said strip 129 from slipping past the abutting edge 137 of the wall 139 of the inner strip 141 during t5 assembling, a plurality of elongated abut- F'urthiermore ments 143 are provided in theedge of said wall 139, these abutments being of suflicient depth to insure against the slipping of said strip 129 past theedge' of the wall 139 when the latter is being screwed in place against the panel 3. Desirably the abutments 143 are differently spaced, as shown most clearly strip provided with an opening aligning with.

said screw and means for engaging said screws for drawing said .inner and outer strips together.

v i 2. In a store front construction, a division barcomprising an outer strip having longitudinal, inturned, parallel ribs each turned back upon itself, flanges extending outwardly from the outer edges of said turned back portion and arranged in alignment one with the other, an innerv strip provided With flanges corresponding to and cooperating with the flanges of said outer strip, and means to draw the flanges of said inner and outer. strips to ward each other to clampa panel "between them.

bar comprising an outer strip having longi-' tudinal, inturned, parallelribs, flanges ex tending outwardly from said ribs in alignment'one with the other, an inner strip composed of sheet material having its marginal portions bent outward in a common plane, thence inwardl to points inside of the first mentioned ben s to points adjacent the outer faces of said lon itudinal inturned ribs to cooperate with said ribs in'positioning said inner and outer strips and constituting flanges, and means to draw said inner an outer stripstoward each other to cause their respective flanges to grip the edges of panels. 4. In a store front construction, a division bar comprising an outer strip having inturned stiffening ribs each doubled back upon itself, the free edges of said'double back portions terminating in flanges extendingin opposite directions from said ribs, panels having their marginal portions arranged against the inner faces of said flanges and terminating adjacent to said ribs, aninner strip having flanges approximately parallel with and cooperating with the flanges of said outer stri and means for drawing said inner an outer flanges toward each other against said panels.

f 5. Ina store front construction, an outer 3. In a store frbnt construction, a division.

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bar having an elon ated erforation extendving the long way o said ar, a. screw having a flat sided head riveted into said perforation with the stem of. said' screw turned inward, andian inner bar cooperating with said outer bar and secured thereto by said screw.

' 6.'In a store front construction, an outer barhaving an elongated perforation extending the long way centrall of said bar, a screw having an elongated hea rigidly rivetedinto said perforation with its head flush with the outer face of said bar, and a covering of finishing material covering the outer face of said bar and the head of said screw.

7 In a'constriiction of the class described, .inner and outer strips each having outward-- lyextending cooperating flanges, a screw extending'from one to the other of-said strips said screw having a flat sided head riveted flush'with the outer face of said outer strip to prevent rotation thereof, and a nut having a reduced tapered shank extending through saidinner strip to draw said strips together.

8. In a construction of the class described,

inner] and outer stripsone of said strips having marginal flanges angularly disposed with respectto each other, a screw rigidly secured to one of said' strips with its axis approximately bisect'ing'thefangle of said flanges,

"strips-toward each other.

the barpomprismga channel having diverging sidesptheimarglnalportions of said sides beln bent outwardly to V form -flanges dispose 'at'ian'gles approximately correspondmately flush with the outer face of said strip,

aniline:- strip of channel formfhaving margin al' flanges disposed with respect to each stifi'en said strips and to effect alignment of one strip with the other, and cooperating panel engagingflanges on said strips arranged to engage opposite faces of a panel.

'12. In a store front construction, a division bar comprising an outer strip having a channelsha ped body, the legs of which body extend inwardly between-adjacent ed es of the panels joined by said bar, said legs eing doubled upon themselves and'terminating in flanges extending laterally in opposite directions and lyin approximately in the plane'of the base of said channel, a screw secured in said'base and an inner strip havin a body opening aligning with said screw, anges on said body arranged in opposed relation to the flanges of said outer strlp, and means for cooperating with said screw to draw the flanges of said inner, and outer strips toward each other against opposite faces'of said panels. In testimony whereof, I have signed-m name to this specification.

HYMAN'RUBIN.

i other-at an angle corresponding to,'the angle of the marginal flanges of said outer'strip, perforations in said' inn'er strip to receive said screw, and a meanscooperating withsaid scre'w'to draw said strips together.

10. In a store front construction, a bar comprising inner and outer strips, one of'said strips having longitudinal, spaced stifliening ribs, the other of said strips being channeled to receive the ribs of the outerstrip, and-co- '7 operating flanges on said strips for engaging opposite faces ofadjacent panels and extensions on the'flanges of one'strip for engagin the other strip relatively to position said strips and forming moisture proof connections therebetween. a f

(11. In a construction of the character described, inner and outer strips, cooperating elements including members, 61, 37 and 38 to CERTIFICATE or CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,759,818. Granted, May 20, 1930, m

" HYMAN RUBIN.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 4, line 5, claim 5, before the word "and" insert the words rand thehead thereof flush with the ,outer face of said bar"; and that the said Letters Patent shouldhe read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case inthe Patent Office. K I

Signed and sealed this 24th day of June, A. D. 1930.

a v M. J. Moore, (Seal) w Acting Commissioner of Patents.

GERTIFEGATE 0F CORRECTWN.

Patent No. 1,759,818. Granted May 20, 1930, to

HYMAN RUBIN.

It. is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 4, line 5, claim 5, before the word "and" insert the words "and the head thereof flush with the outer face of said bar"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may content: to the record of the case in the Patent Ottice.

Signed and sealed this 24th day of June, A. D. 1930.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

